Opinion

Friday’s firing of former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe a day before he qualified for a substantial pension benefit is a bit imponderable given the scant details of the alleged misconduct. But considering the somewhat tepid claims associated with the still-secret internal investigation (unauthorized...

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Gov. Larry Hogan’s press office sends out “BIPARTISANSHIP ALERT” emails all the time, and they’re not always so earth shattering. About all it takes to get that in the subject line is for a Democrat — any Democrat — to support something vaguely like what’s on the governor’s agenda. But there was...

It certainly was a big week for “alternative facts” coming out of the Trump administration. There were the emails revealing that HUD Secretary Ben Carson and his wife picked out the costly dining room set about which he earlier claimed “no awareness.” There was President Donald Trump’s insistence...

For all we learned about the corruption in the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force during this year’s trial of two officers, there is still plenty more the public needs to know. We need to know who else knew or suspected what was going on. We need to learn what deficiencies of accountability...

Across Maryland and throughout much of the country, thousands of students walked out of class this morning to honor the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., exactly one month ago. At some venues, entire student bodies massed, the names of the victims were...

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The Maryland General Assembly has given me reason once again to be glad I no longer live in that corrupt state. Small breweries were built by people who have spent their whole lives in Maryland, raised families, paid taxes, pushed all of their chips to the middle of the table to build on their...

The Sun's recent article covering a bill that would do away with “Maryland, My Maryland” as the state's official anthem appears to represent the latest unmerited example of history being deleted in the name political correctness. The article, meanwhile, failed to include key historical context...

I note the need for a new third span of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. But, after five to ten years of “study,” a site may be found. Then there will be another five to 10 years of fighting as no one wants it there. If eventually a site is decided upon, there will be more fighting. Then it has to be...

Maryland Sen. Bill Ferguson deserves kudos and special thanks for proposing legislation and leading the call for an independent commission intended to restore public trust and the integrity of Baltimore's police (“Baltimore senator proposes commission to investigate police corruption surrounding...

Maryland failed to ban a harmful pesticide in this year’s General Assembly session because of fears pushed by the golf course, agriculture and chemical lobbyists (“Fears of lanternfly invasion cause Maryland lawmakers to abandon pesticide ban,” March 15). Sadly, these powerful industries won out...

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Two weeks ago, a black woman driving alone in Princeton, La., was pulled over for no apparent reason. But she was not shot and killed. Or hauled from her car and body-slammed. Or even arrested for getting snippy. The officer explained that she was driving under the speed limit, something he said...

At a roundtable discussion with state transportation officials last Friday, Donald Trump said America's aging roads, bridges, railways and water systems were being "scoffed at and laughed" at. He vowed that they "will once again be the envy of the world." This seems to be a core theme for Mr. Trump:...

A deadly serious conclusion can be drawn from former FBI Director James Comey' s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee: Donald Trump cares more about himself than about the security of the United States. That disturbing reality is getting scant attention, however, as Republicans and...

PARIS -- When U.S. President Donald Trump announced America's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change, newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron seized the opportunity to lecture Mr. Trump in English and implore him to "make the planet great again." Who is this guy? Some kind...